Card holder for use as a scheduler



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United States Patent 3,299,550 CARD HOLDER FOR USE AS A SCHEDULER Yoshito Miyamoto, 98-355 Ponohana Loop, Aiea, Hawaii 96701 Filed Mar. 4, 1965, Ser. No. 437,203 1 Claim. (Cl. 40-195) This invention relates to ofiice equipment, and more particularly to that piece of oflice equipment known as a scheduler for the scheduling of production, personnel and the like. It is a device of great use in the offices of factories.

Schedulers now available to industry are unfortunately large space taking devices of a complicated nature.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide a slide scheduler that takes up a minimum amount of space and contains a minimum number of parts.

Another object of this invention is to provide a slide scheduler that reflects the changes or modifications of a schedule when either a segment of a schedule, or the entire schedule is slid on the rack over the time scale, thereby showing the cancellation or complete rescheduling of a given job, as the case may be.

Another object of this invention is to provide a slide scheduler having interchangeable scales.

Another object of this invention is to provide a slide scheduler that requires little or no pencil work for the scheduling of a job or the like thereon.

Another object of this invention is to provide a slide scheduler that is contained in a case that permits its removal from job to job, as is necessary on building construction projects and the like.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a slide scheduler of the character herein described that can be made large enough for placement on a wall and the reading thereof from any desired distance, which is most desirable when the invention is to be used in a large room, such as a factory assembly room or the like.

The above and other novel features of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is expressly understood that the drawings are employed for purposes of illustration only and are not designed as a definition of the limits of the invention, reference being had for this purpose to the appended claim.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts:

FIGURE 1 is a pictorial view of this invention, built into a carrying case.

FIGURE 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of FIGURE 1 but with the lid of the case closed.

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of this invention taken substantially along line 33 of FIGURE 2, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 4 is a pictorial view of a section of this invention showing the detailed construction of the lid portion of this invention.

FIGURE 5 is an end view of one of the card strips of this invention showing it in both closed and in open position.

FIGURE 6 is an end view of an alternate form of one of the card strips.

FIGURE 7 is an end view of still another form of card strip in both open and in closed position.

FIGURE 8 is an end view of still another form of card strip in both open and in closed position.

FIGURE 9 is an end view of still another form of card strip that is a part of this invention.

FIGURE 10 is a pictorial view of an optional form of this invention in its entirety.

3,299,550 Patented Jan. 24, 1967 FIGURE 11 is a sectional view, taken substantially along line 1111 of FIGURE 10 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 12 is a front view of the left-hand end of FIGURE 10 with the cards removed.

Looking now at FIGURES 1 and 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that this invention embodies a hollow rectangular container in the form of a frame 15, having a bottom 16 on which is secured an L-shaped member 17 having a vertically disposed face 18 on which is written -or printed any desired information, such as time in minutes and the like.

Two other L-shaped members 19 and 20 are secured to the top of the aforesaid container 15 in order to support the card strips, one of which is indicated by the reference number 21 in FIGURES 1 and 3, and others of which are shown in optional forms in FIGURES 5 to and including 9 of the appended drawings.

A lid 22 is secured by the piano hinge 23 to the top and back side 24 of the aforesaid container 15 of this invention. The lid is provided with a pressure bar 25 in side thereof. The pressure bar is mounted on a plurality of longitudinally spaced pressure bar springs 26 that will hold the pressure bar 25 down against the top 27 of the aforesaid card strips 21, thereby preventing their being lifted out of the invention while they are being slid back and forth. A plurality of longitudinally spaced catches 28 secure the aforesaid lid 22 in place when the same is closed, as is illustrated in FIGURE 3 of the drawings. A lug 29 is secured to each end of this invention in order to permit the same to be mounted on any wall or the like.

Attention is directed again to the aforesaid card strips 21 which are in different colors to enable instant visual separation, since each card strip contains on its vertical face different information for different jobs at hand which are being scheduled by the use of this novel invention. The length of each card strip is determined by the time necessary for that particular job. It has already been shown by the drawings that each card strip 21 is T shaped, when viewed from the end. The purpose of this configuration is to prevent one card strip from overlapping another card strip and thus from accidentally covering up some of the information contained thereon. Each card strip 21 has its top 27 bent in the vertical position shown in FIGURES 5, 7, and 8 for placement in a typewriter so that data may be typed on the front thereof, after which the top is bent back in the normal horizontal position. A few of the many different constructions of the card strip 21 are shown in FIGURES 5 to and including 9 of the drawings.

An optional form of construction of this invention is shown in FIGURES 10, 11, and 12, where it is seen that in this instance the invention embodies a pair of hollow rectangular frames 30. Each frame is mounted on one side of the separator 31, in the manner shown in FIG- URE 11 of the drawing, where it is seen that the card strip 32 of FIGURE 10 is placed within the opening 33. A longitudinally disposed scale 34 is mounted in this optional form of the invention, as one can well see by examining the aforesaid FIGURES 10, 11, and 12 of the drawings.

The way in which this novel invention is used is obvious from examination of the drawings and therefore, no further explanation need be given.

Having now described the construction of this invention and the method of operation, which is obvious, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A slide scheduler of the character described, comprising a rectangular container embodying a bottom member on which is secured a member that is L shaped, when viewed from the end, and on the vertical face of c) which is placed certain scheduling data; and a vertically disposed member at each end supporting two parallel and equally spaced members that are L shaped when viewed from the end; and a plurality of multi-colored card strips that are T shaped, when viewed from the end, and having scheduling information placed on the vertically disposed portion thereof, the said card strips being inserted between the two already mentioned L-shaped members of the said container; and a lid secured to the top of the said container by a piano hinge, the said lid containing a spring-loaded pressure bar that prevents the said card strips from shifting position by pressing downward on the horizontally disposed top of each card strip; and

means of securing the said lid firmly in place when it is in its closed position,

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,041,059 10/1912 Fox 40-64 X 2,132,652 10/1938 Schmiedemann 4019.5 2,346,779 4/ 1944 Muehling 40-16 2,838,862 6/1958 McConnell 40124 10 2,981,018 4/1961 Hopp et al. 4016 EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner.

W. I. CONTRERAS, Assistant Examiner. 

